The decision clears the way for the case to proceed in lower court unless Nexstar seeks review by the Supreme Court. Those arrangements are common in the local TV industry: They serve as a loophole within existing federal law that is supposed to prevent a broadcaster from having direct ownership of local TV stations that reach more than 39 percent of Americans. Shared services agreements and local marketing agreements — commonly referred to as “sidecars” — allow broadcasters to circumvent that restriction by operating local TV stations that are technically licensed to other companies on paper. Nearly all Mission- and White Knight-owned TV stations are operated by Nexstar through those arrangements. Nexstar-owned TV stations are available to DIRECTV’s satellite and streaming customers, but stations owned by Mission and White Knight have been unavailable to DIRECTV and U-Verse subscribers for several years.